Parish member Sue Kalt recommended this as an interesting, relevant read!
Frederick Law Olmsted helped designed our church grounds, and apparently the descendents of Richardson had something to do with our building. Sue Kalt said this was an informing read, and we thought we would share here!
“A dual portrait of America’s first great architect, Henry Hobson Richardson, and her finest landscape designer, Frederick Law Olmsted―and their immense impact on America As the nation recovered from a cataclysmic war, two titans of design profoundly influenced how Americans came to interact with the built and natural world around them through their pioneering work in architecture and landscape design.”
Find it at your public library and the following links: Grove Atlantic, Amazon, Strand Bookstore
